Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I got nothin'. I feel like I need a topic to be given to me. Then I could type away. Otherwise -- eh, whatever.

Slept with the window open last night. That was cool. Literally.

Other than that -- yada yada yada, same ol' crap, same ol' life. It's a good life... just ain't got nothin' a-comin' to mind right now to type about ('cept what's below.)

I think I miss Alaska. I'd probably have to be wearing socks and jeans and a light fleece jacket everyday right now as the calendar approaches October. No wearing of jeans and socks in South Carolina, at least not in this part of SC just 15 miles or so miles from the ocean. The cold weather I do miss... but shorts and bare feet all the time is nice!

Under practically the directly overhead midday sun, today's run at 76° was way warm. 76° and overcast wouldn't a-been so bad... not that today was really bad, it went along just fine, but twas just a little too warm for my liking. Oh well, whaddya gonna do? It's good GREAT to get that exercise! Hmm... I guess I coulda waited until the sun started going down but this is when I wanted to get it done today.

Felt good the whole run. Around the halfway point through my time I turned around so I could arrive back at my Gatorade. The thing is, I didn't really need to do that. I had some Vitamin C drops with me that woulda been just fine had a ran straight out and hiked all the way back. Previous hot temperatures really dehydrated me and so water or Gatorade was mucho important. Days like this I could really make my time without even bringing anything liquid with me. This not-so-warm weather is just excellent for running!

With today's run I added on nearly a minute and with today's time I just passed last month so that's awesome. Hopefully I can get three more runs in before the end o' the month and I can finish an HOUR over August! Sweet!

On The Western SkylineEvery Little KissMandolin RainThe Long RaceThe Way It IsDown The Road TonightThe Wild FrontierThe River Runs LowThe Red Plains

This is the debut album from Bruce Hornsby, the album that garnered him (and the Range) the Best New Artist Grammy. Whoopee. I think I've got to stop mentioning those awards; they don't really mean squat. Do they? No.

In any case, I'm not sure when I first got into Bruce Hornsby. Of course I was aware of him before he joined the Grateful Dead, probably knew all his most popular songs, but wasn't necessarily a fan. Then Brent Mydland died and Vince Welnick joined the band... and so did Bruce for awhile. That mighta been when I started to care more for his music.

At some point around that time I recorded a friend's original LP of this to cassette tape and had that in my car/bus for a long, long time. The Way It Is might be the only one I've ever had/listened to. Reacquiring it recently was something I was happy to do. A good listen! Not really a bad song on here. It's no wonder some stoopid music organization awarded them with Best New Artist. The piano on here is just so good. Interestingly, another friend of the Grateful Dead is on here -- Huey Lewis provides vocals (and supposedly harmonica which I can't really hear) on Down The Road Tonight. And another friend of Bobby & Phil plays on here -- John Molo, on drums. I knew he was Hornsby's drummer -- who later played with The Other Ones and Phil & Friends -- but I didn't know he went all the way back to these early Bruce days. He maybe even met Brent and Jerry, Bobby & Phil (and Mickey & Billy) back when Bruce & the Range opened for the Dead in May of '87 at Laguna Seca. Cool.

Anyway... this is a great collection of tunes and a few listens recently even had me dancin' around the living room a bit. Gotta dig music that can make you get up and move!